Chapter 9 The 66th section of the Central Plains is the second day of the ninth month, and the city of Qiu is sealed. Xiao Hei flew into the air, slammed into the city wall, and fell to the ground.

"Blackie, Blackie......" The cry of the stick was terrible, as if it was reaching Blackie's ears little by little from the distant sky through the thick clouds.

Xiao Hei shook his head, trying to prop himself up, but his whole body was in pain as if it was falling apart. At this moment, a black shadow roared down from the sky, and Xiao Hei instinctively turned over and stuck to the root of the city wall.

A headless corpse fell to the ground, blood splattered on Hei's head and face.

"......Boom" There was a loud bang, and the deafening sound of killing suddenly sounded clearly in Xiao Hei's ears, Xiao Hei trembled all over, and his consciousness suddenly woke up.

I'm not dead, the enemy's kick just now didn't kick me out of the wall, I'm still on the wall, I'm still alive.

Xiao Hei sat on the bloody ground, holding his headache and panting violently.

The sound of war drums outside the city was fierce and did not stop at all. The earth-shattering sound of killing set off layer after layer of huge waves like a tide.

There was chaos on the city walls, and the soldiers on both sides were entangled and sacrificed their lives. Since yesterday afternoon, the coalition forces have launched a decisive attack.

Due to the heavy casualties of the defenders in the city in the fierce battle in the first two days, Lu Bu deliberately asked Gao Ran and Lei Zhong to guard the west gate with more than half of the lost army, and let Wang Dang take reinforcements to guard the east and south gates.

The increase in the number of defenders in the city boosted morale, and the one-and-a-half-day truce also gave the Northern Army a chance to breathe.

When the rebels launched a third attack, the fighting between the two sides became extremely fierce. The soldiers around the stick fell one after another, and the life of the stick became more and more dangerous.

Xiao Hei wanted to stand up and rush forward, but his hands and feet were sore, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up. Xiao Hei wanted to scream, but no sound came out of his throat, only a mouthful of blood came out.

Xiao Hei suddenly remembered his father. Half a year has passed, and I don't know if my father's body has recovered. The family has gone through disasters and died nine times in life, thinking that they will never see each other again in this life, but under the care of the general, the family was miraculously reunited.

Everything was like a dream, and he wanted it to go on and never wake up. I'm going to stand up, I'm going home, I'm going home...... Xiao Hei raised his head and let out a roar of rage, and stood up with all his strength.

"Kill ......" The enemy retreated. Xiao Hei staggered, holding the bloody knife in his hand, and fell crooked into the pile of corpses.

He was so tired that he slept soundly even though his whole face was soaked in a pool of blood and the strong smell of blood rushed to his head.

"Blackie, hurry up, we're leaving." The stick lay on Black's ear and shouted. Xiao Hei opened his eyes in confusion and looked around blankly.

"Let's go? Where to go? ”

"This kid has a broken brain." The stick reached out and touched his head, and said with a grin,

"We're leaving, we're retreating."

"Withdraw?" Xiao Hei looked at the corpses on the city wall, and said in surprise,

"Shall we leave them behind again?"

"Let's go." The stick dragged him up with all his might,

"One day, we will be like them." On the Jishui River, a group of soldiers covered in blood were speeding across the pontoon bridge.

Gao Lan and Lei Zhong stopped their horses and looked back at the towering city. Lei Chong's expression was sad and indignant, and he said hatefully: "We just gave up Fengqiu City......" He shook his head again and again,

"The lives of thousands of soldiers, the lives of thousands of soldiers."

"Brothers will not die in vain, we will soon be back." Gao Ran waved his horsewhip and shouted,

"Blood debt and blood repayment."

"Driving the ......" the two rode their horses onto the pontoon bridge and galloped towards the opposite bank. Lu Bu ushered in with a team of guards on Pegasus.

"You retreat to Yancheng." Lu Bu comforted the two of them for a few words and said,

"Wang Dang and I will lead our troops to stay behind to block the enemy, and cover you to rush to Yancheng and Wating in a hurry."

"Are we going to abandon Yanjin?" Gao Ran was slightly surprised,

"Evacuate to Yancheng so soon?"

"Lord Zhang Yan has already ordered the main force of the army to withdraw to Sujujube." Lu Bu explained,

"Now that the rebels have lost the opportunity to capture Yanjin and Suozao to block us in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu, after they occupy Fengqiu and Wuchao, they will immediately go north along the Pushui River and directly attack Yancheng."

"Has the general crossed the river?" Lei Zhong asked eagerly.

"I don't know." Lu Bu said,

"Lord Zhang Yan orders you to rush to Yancheng as soon as possible and prepare to fight another battle with the rebels in Yancheng." Gao Ran and Lei Zhong looked at each other, their faces were happy,

"Let's go, go to Yancheng. The rebels are not far from death. On the same day, Lu Yi, Yushi, and Fan Li led the army to withdraw from the gutter water and retreat to the sour jujube.

The armies of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao quickly attacked Yanjin from the east and south directions respectively. That night, Zhang Yan ordered to abandon Yanjin, and ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead their troops north to Yancheng, and he and Liyi and others led the main army to retreat subsequently.

Zhang Yan urgently told the general Li Hong that the army would withdraw from Yanjin tonight and arrive at Yancheng at dusk tomorrow. If nothing else, the rebels will rush to Yancheng in two days to fight a decisive battle with me, and ask the general to start leading his army across the river tomorrow.

The third day of September. Yuan Shao led his army into Yanjin. On the same day, Kuai Yue, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling and others led the army to pursue along the Pushui River to the north, and Cao Cao stayed behind to guard Fengqiu and Wuchao.

In the afternoon, Liu Biao and Xu Xuan rushed to Yanjin to meet Yuan Shao. After Liu Bei received the news from Yuan Shao, he also crossed the river and rushed to Yanjin City in the afternoon of the same day.

At the military meeting, Feng Ji analyzed the current situation in detail based on the news sent from various battlefields, and determined that the Northern Xinjiang Army had no intention of withdrawing the Yellow River at present, but was preparing to stick to the line of Baima and Yancheng and continue to pose a threat to Henan, so as to ensure that he could occupy most of Yanzhou and lay the foundation for the future capture of the Central Plains.

"Lord Liu has already said just now, after the loss of Qingshuikou, part of the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army quickly crossed the river from Qingshuikou to meet Peng Lie, and quickly killed to the east bank of the Qingshui River, and now we are blocking the city. In addition, according to the reports of the defenders stationed in Junyi and Xiaohuang, their scouts found Yan Rou's iron cavalry in the area of Dongdui and Jiyang. When the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated all the way north, this iron cavalry suddenly appeared on the line of Dingtao and Jiyang, the purpose of which was not only to protect Dingtao and Changyi, but also to help their main army stick to the line of Baima and Yancheng. If nothing else, this iron cavalry will attack the front line of Junyi, Zhongmu and Chenliu in the near future, strike at our rear, and contain our forces. ”

"Judging from the deployment of the Northern Xinjiang Army, their intention is very clear, that is, they want to use the attack of their iron cavalry army on both flanks to gain time for themselves to hold Baima and Yancheng and stabilize most of the counties in Yanzhou." Feng Ji patted the map vigorously and said to everyone with a smile,

"This strategy of the Northern Frontier Army is good. After we burned the grain and grass in Wuchao and the old city, their army was in turmoil, and in this critical situation, Li Hong was able to adjust the deployment in time and make such a good emergency plan, which is indeed very strong. In the past few days, they have retreated rapidly, probably to preserve their forces as much as possible, so as to block us in Yancheng. In order to achieve their goal, they did not hesitate to assign their most elite tens of thousands of iron cavalry troops to the battlefields on both flanks, so as to deter us and force us to divide our troops to help, which is also very powerful. Feng Ji triumphantly touched his beard,

"If we didn't have the strange soldiers of Zang Ba and Chen Deng, and knew that Jizhou had fallen into a crisis, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was in the predicament of being attacked by the enemy, we might really be fooled. After all, the appearance of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry on the battlefields of the two flanks of Hanoi and Yanzhou is a great threat to our continued northward attack on Yancheng. Once we lost a series of battles on the battlefield in Hanoi and lost the protection of our flanks, once Yan Rou's iron cavalry entered Henan from Yanzhou and frequently attacked our grain routes, we could no longer attack, and the Northern Xinjiang Army could take advantage of this opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the Baima and Yancheng areas. Feng Ji looked at Liu Biao and the others, and said with palpitations,

"We were lucky. After the Northern Frontier Army attacked Xuchang and burned our grain and grass, it was not clear that this sneak attack had dealt us a fatal blow. If they hold on to the front line of Yancheng and Baima until the middle of this month, that is, after more than ten days, we will have to retreat. Our existing grain and grass reserves simply cannot support the needs of the 200,000-strong army. We must wait until after the autumn harvest in October and when the grain is in storage, before we can attack again. The Northern Xinjiang Army has more than one month, and it can completely readjust its deployment and strategy. In the past, we suspected that September and October would be the most difficult times for the northern Xinjiang army to have food and grass, but recently we received news that the northern border counties had sent a large number of livestock to the north bank of the Yellow River, which could greatly alleviate their food crisis. If there is no problem with the food of the Northern Xinjiang Army, then it is difficult to say whether we will be able to beat the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei in more than a month. Yuan Shao's eyes turned to Liu Biao, and a trace of anger flashed on his face, which means obviously, according to the current situation of the coalition army, if he does not take this opportunity to drive the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei in one go, then more than a month later, let alone drive the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei, it will be a problem if the coalition army is still there.

Perhaps more than a month later, the coalition forces have dispersed in a hurry. Liu Biao naturally understood Yuan Shao's expression, he turned a blind eye, and said with a comfortable demeanor: "There is still half a month to go, and we have time to drive the Northern Xinjiang Army to the north bank of the Yellow River. The problem now is that after the army crosses Yancheng, there will be a great plain in front of it. Although some of the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army have already reached the two flanks of Hanoi and Yanzhou, they still have some iron cavalry directly opposite us, and it is quite difficult for us to occupy Baima and Puyang. Yuan Shao sneered.

Feng Ji glanced at Liu Biao with disdain,

"Brother Jingsheng, the strongest army in the Northern Xinjiang Army is the Iron Cavalry, you don't want to fight with his Iron Cavalry, how will you defeat Li Hong and pacify the world in the future? When you encounter the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, you lose confidence and dare not fight, so what will you do in the future? Do you want Li Hong to dominate the three states of Hebei and divide the Han Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji into two? This time, we have nearly 200,000 troops, and we are well prepared, and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry is divided into two flank battlefields, and there are not many Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry on the frontal battlefield. Feng Ji stared at Liu Biao and sneered,

"You don't dare to fight like this?" Liu Biao gave Feng Ji a taunt, and the color on his face became ugly,

"We're going north tomorrow. The first brother led the army to attack Yancheng, and I led the army to attack Taocheng and Wating line. "Taocheng and Wating are in the northeast of Yancheng.

If the coalition forces broke through the line of Taocheng and Wating, the defense line on the flank of Yancheng would be broken immediately, and the Northern Xinjiang Army could only retreat again.

Liu Biao's proposal was agreed to by Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao was also worried about being attacked head-on by the iron cavalry of the northern frontier.

Although the number of iron cavalry in the north of the front is not large, but there are still 10,000 or 20,000 people, if this army is overwhelmed, the Jiujiang Army, the Jiangdong Army, the Runan Army and the Jingzhou Army, which have never seen such a scene, are very likely to be the first to collapse, and the collapse of these armies will immediately shake the morale of the entire army, thus causing the overall collapse of the coalition army.

Therefore, he suggested that after the army captured Yancheng, it would go north in batches. In this way, even if the vanguard army is defeated by the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry, it will not affect the follow-up army.

After defeating the vanguard army, the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry was greatly reduced and could not insist on fighting again, at this time, the follow-up army rushed up, but it was able to fight to the bank of the Yellow River in one go.

Yuan Shao's method was unanimously recognized by everyone. This time, there were nearly 200,000 troops in the north, and it was impossible for the Northern Xinjiang Army to hold Yancheng, so several people were full of confidence and immediately discussed the composition of the forward army.

Yuan Shao proposed to put Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, Guan Yu's Xuzhou army, Xin Ping and Jiang Qi's Henan army, and Liu Pan and Wenpin's Jingzhou army at the forefront.

Most of the officers and men of these armies had participated in the Battle of Jizhou the year before last, and they had fought with the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, and the use of the chariot array was relatively skillful.

If these people and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry take the lead in the battle, even if they can't win, they won't be wiped out. If they can use the chariot formation to drag the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry and wait for the follow-up army to rush up and flank the front and back, it is very likely to inflict heavy damage on the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry.

Now that part of the army led by Liu Bei was fighting Peng Lie in Hanoi, it was impossible to cross the river, and in order to strengthen the strength of the vanguard army, Yuan Shao planned to let Cao Cao lead the Yanzhou army from Fengqiu to meet in a hurry north.

But Liu had a difficult face on the surface, and told Cao Cao and Ji Ling, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others about the fierce conflicts in recent days.

"In my opinion, forget it, Cao Cao's arrival is a bad thing. If Cao Cao arrives in Yancheng, the forward army will definitely be commanded by him, even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei follow Cao Cao's orders in consideration of the overall situation, but once the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry comes over and the battlefield is in chaos, will they still work together? At the moment of life and death, I'm afraid it's unlikely, right? Yuan Shao immediately gave up when he heard this.

The command of the coalition forces has been chaotic and is now in a very dangerous situation, and Cao Cao has been driven to a desperate situation by himself at the moment, once he goes crazy and does something unthinkable on the battlefield, the victory in hand is likely to be wiped out in a blink of an eye.

"It still works to let him stay in Fengqiu." Liu Biao said,

"Although his losses in this attack on Fengqiu are very large, he has recently transferred back 3,000 tigers and leopards from the Xuzhou battlefield, and he still has nearly 10,000 horses in his hands. When we attack Yancheng and Baima, if Yan Rou leads the army to attack the area of Junyi and Zhongmu, we can let him go south to block and protect the grain route of the army. Yuan Shao looked up at Liu Biao with a grim expression.

Liu Biao had a ghost in his heart, and he wanted to rescue Cao Cao so that he could form an alliance with Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others to restrain Yuan Shao after the war.

So he didn't dare to look at Yuan Shao, and immediately turned his head and took the opportunity to talk to Liu Bei to hide the panic in his heart.

"Brother Jingsheng, then so be it." Yuan Shao waved his hand and said,

"See you in Yancheng." On the fourth day of September, Liyang. On the surface of the Yellow River, five ship bridges rise and fall in the rolling waves, just like five giant dragons ready to soar into the sky.

On the bridge of the ship, colorful battle flags were waved in the wind, and teams of iron cavalry soldiers led the war horses and marched quickly towards the south bank of the Yellow River.

On the embankment of the big river, Li Hong stood on his horse, his long hair dancing wildly in the wind. Behind him, more than a dozen generals lined up, staring intently at the marching army of iron cavalry.

"It's been ten years." Li Hong turned his head to look at Xian Yufu,

"Ten years ago, we went north to the desert and fought against the big marshal in the sunset, and we brought such a powerful army of iron cavalry at that time......"

"Ten years ago, we defeated the Xianbei people in Sunset Plains and revived the Han Tianwei, and today, we want to sweep the Central Plains with this army and revitalize the Han Tianwei." Xian Yufu raised the whip and roared in the wind,

"Whoever offends my great Han Tianwei will be killed." Li Hong's heart was surging, he raised his arms high, and raised his head to the sky and roared.

"Ho-ho-......" Arc Ding suddenly raised his spear and shouted wildly,

"Ho Ho ......"

"Ho Ho ......" Hu generals such as shooting Yingtong, shooting tigers, deer Huanyang, and abandoning the city followed closely behind, raising their arms and cheering.

"Hoho ......" Zhao Yun, Yan Wuxing, Tie Yue, Lei Zi, Xian Yuyin, Li Su, Lou Lu, Liu Ming and others seem to have returned to the desert ten years ago, back to the years of vertical and horizontal borders.

Their blood boiled in an instant, and they raised their weapons high and roared out with all their strength,

"Hohoo...... Hohoo ......"

"Ho ho ......" echoed the guards in the distance. The roar was like thunder, and it jumped into the air in an instant, resounding up and down the river.

"Whew...... Ho ...... "On both sides of the river, 90,000 iron cavalry soldiers shouted hoarsely and vigorously. For a time, the wind and clouds surged, and the mountains and rivers were shocked.

On the fifth day of September, Yancheng. Kuai Yue, Pang Ji, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu and others led the army to Yancheng in a hurry, and quickly launched an attack on Taocheng and Wating lines.

The southern army of Lü Bu and Fan Li, the seven battalions of Jizhou under the command of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the Qingzhou army of Guan Hai were about 50,000 people desperately resisted.

Under the command of Xu Xuan, Ji Ling, Sun Fu, Lu Su and others, the follow-up armies of the coalition army arrived one after another, and they had an absolute advantage in terms of troops.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was in a precarious position, and the defense line was frequently urgent. At the same time, Yuan Shao, Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, Wen Ping and others led a large army to Yancheng and launched an attack on Yancheng.

Koji led about 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Army to meet the battle. That night, Zhang Yan received an urgent report from Lü Bu and Yan Liang that the coalition forces were attacking continuously on the Wating battlefield, and the losses of the army were too great, so they requested to retreat.

Zhang Yan replied that early tomorrow morning, the army would retreat on all fronts. Jump to